WEBVTT STREP THROAT, WHICH LED TO ANAMPUTATION.TAISHA WALKER EXPLAINS THE LINK.TAISHA: HAPPIER TIMES OFCHRISTOPHER HENDLEY AND HIS BABYGIRL.>> HE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO GOHOME AND PLAY WITH HER.TAISHA THE 32-YEAR-OLD WASTAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR STREPTHROAT AND THE FLU.IT WAS VERY, VERY ROCKY FORTHE FIRST THREE OR FOUR DAYS ANDTHEY TOLD US THAT THERE WAS AVERY HIGH CHANCE HE WASN'TCOMING HOME.TAISHA: DOCTORS TELLING HIS WIFETHE BACTERIA FROM STREP THROGOT INTO HIS BLOODSTREAM.>> IT CAUSED HIS BLOOD TOCOAGULATE, AND THEY SAID THATSINCE GRAVITY PULLS ALL THE BLOTCLOTS WENT TO HIS LEGS.TAISHA: BOTH HIS LEGS, MID-THIGHDOWN, GONE.>> HE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WEREAMPUTATED, BECAUSE HE COULDSTILL FEEL ALL THE WAY DOWN TOHIS FEET.TAISHA: DOCTORS IN OTHER STATESHAVE SEEN SIMILAR CASES.>> I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN CONTACWITH A WOMAN FROM TENNESSEE.SHE HAD LOST SOME FINGERS ANDSOME TOES.TAISHA: CARLY GRAHAM IS RAISINGFUNDS AND AWARENESS.>> TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO ATHREE-YEAR-OLD THAT WHY WE'RENOT THERE IS DIFFICULT.TAISHA: SO HENDLEY CAN GET BACK

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Updated: 9:45 AM CDT Apr 6, 2017

KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

A Kansas City-area man's legs were amputated after a strep throat infection spread to his bloodstream.

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Christopher Hendley, 32, remains hospitalized in North Kansas City.

"On Friday he came home from work, he was playing outside with our daughter. He was complaining of a leg cramp, he went to bed. He woke up around 1 a.m. and his foot was numb," Hendley's wife, Carly Graham said.

Doctors said the bacteria from Hendley's strep throat got into his blood.

"It caused his blood to coagulate, and they said that since gravity pulls all the blood clots, it went to his legs," Graham said.

Both of Hendley's legs, from the mid-thigh down, had to be amputated.

Doctors from other states have seen similar cases.

"I've actually been in contact with a woman from Tennessee. She had lost some fingers and some toes," Graham said.

Hendley is expected to be hospitalized for several months. His wife said he also requires dialysis and therapy.